Kotoko Bronze Equestrian Figure

Lanky, ringed headdress towers above a tightly scrolled horse head

This equestrian figure is Kotoko, from Chad, Central Africa, and dates to the 20th century. It is bronze. Horses have long been linked with status and leadership in the Sahel, where mounted riders are often associated with chiefs, warriors and courts. Warm brown with some lighter wear. A tall, tubular figure wears a stacked headdress with a band at the neck, rising from a stout horse with a deep curl for a head. Rippled ridges cover the shoulders and a round boss sits aft. It is 2.25 inches wide, 0.6 deep and 2.7 high.

All that height and not a single hair out of place.